Zoa Pest

[jessie45]

I apologize for the quality of this pic. I could not get a clearer shot. Can anyone identify this potential pest? I have a zoa frag that looked like it was dying. I decided to dip it in Revive and this little bug came off. Fast little swimmer doing flips. Thanks.

 

[dball711]

Cant really tell from the pic but from your description is sounds like a Copepods or Amphipods, that's how they react to a dip.

 

[jcook54]

Hate to say this based on the picture but what the heck. If I saw that in my dip cup, my first thought would be a polyclad flatworm. But the description sound more like a pod of some sort. How big is it?

 

[FutureInterest]

It's too flat to be a copepod or amphipod.

Too fast for a polyclad flatworm.

My guess is that its a type of isopod. There are some that will eat zoas... You can treat these potentially with interceptor.